Improvement in fans



A'. K. RlcH &1.B.THURST0N.

Fan.

No. 131,026. Patented Sep. 3,187.;

AUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT K. EIcE Ann JAMES B. TEUEsToN, oE NEW YoEK, N. Y.

IMPRGVEMENT IN FANS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 131,026, dated September 3,1872; antedated August 29,

Specification describing a new and Improved Fan, invented by ALBERT K. RICH and JAMES B. THURSTON, of New York city, in the county and State of New York. l

This invention relates to a new and improved device for discharging or distributing perfume, designed more especially to be applied to ladies fans, but applicable to other purposes; and it consists in the combination of parts hereinafter fully described and then clearly pointed out in the claim.

The accompanying drawing illustrates our invention.

A represents a fan, of which B is the handle. This handle is made hollow, of rubber or other elasticmaterial. Gis aremovable screw-plug or knob, which closes the outer end. The other end of the handle or receptacle E is tightly closed, through which end passes the dischargetube D. This tube extends from one end to the other of the handle and enters a hole in the knob C, so that when a long dischargetube is used, as seen in the drawing, the tube is kept steady and in place. Through the dischargetube within the handle is an orifice, f. The

`inner end of the disch. rge-tube is closed by the knob or otherwise. ways open.'l I

The design is that air shall be admitted to The outer end gis althe receptacle or handle B in no way except' will rush back through the tube into the re cept-acle.

Instead of a single dischargetube there may be two or more, or branches from a single tube. The discharge-tube may be of any length, shape, or form to adapt the discharger to any desired purpose, as, for instance,

to parasols, walking-canes, or other articles. Instead of the oricef in the discharge-tube, the end of the tube within the handle may be left open, with sufficient play around the tube in the hole in the knob to allow the perfumed air to be discharged when the handle is compressed. The elastic receptacle B, in stead of being the handle, may form any other part of an article, or be a perfume-discharger or distributer to be used by itself. The discharge tube or orifice will, in all cases, be very small, so that the perfumed air will not escape too freely.

This perfume-discharger may be very cheaply made and applied, as no valves are used or required in its construction.

We do not confine ourselves to the precise form or arrangement of any of the parts described, as they may be varied in many ways without departing from our invention.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In combination with the tube D the removable knob or plug C, as and for the purposes described. V

ALBERT K. RICH. JAMES B. THURSTON.

Witnesses:

. T. B. MosHER,

ALEX. F. RoBERTs. 

